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Verizon :[
Oh well, hopefully something awesome will hit Sprint by the time my contract is up in August.
I got a 27% employee discount on Sprint right now so it'll take a lot to get me to switch.
Oh well, hopefully something awesome will hit Sprint by the time my contract is up in August.
I got a 27% employee discount on Sprint right now so it'll take a lot to get me to switch.
its the same size as the psp go HAVE YOU SEEN THAT THING
hey but the screens bigger and its wel.... a phone
hey but the screens bigger and its wel.... a phone
It looks good, though I still want to read a few hands-on reviews regarding the touchpad thingies. As someone who uses a laptop often, touchpads have grown to be second nature for me, but it's kind of hard to get my head around using one with my thumbs.
If it turns out to be good, then I'll definitely consider getting one. The only drawback for me is that I'm used to a real keyboard.
Put Final Fantasy Tactics on it, however, and I'll have a very hard time saying no.
If it turns out to be good, then I'll definitely consider getting one. The only drawback for me is that I'm used to a real keyboard.
Put Final Fantasy Tactics on it, however, and I'll have a very hard time saying no.
I saw some game clips and it does look quite nifty. But it's in this uneasy valley.
On the one side is the free to $.99 disposable experiences of the App store. Nothing meaty there, just "neat."
On the other side is the fully featured experiences of PSP, 3DS, and NGP, which look much better than the content on here.
So Play sits in this uncomfortable zone of middles IMO.
On the one side is the free to $.99 disposable experiences of the App store. Nothing meaty there, just "neat."
On the other side is the fully featured experiences of PSP, 3DS, and NGP, which look much better than the content on here.
So Play sits in this uncomfortable zone of middles IMO.
Am I going to be able to access my PSN account or am I going to have to repurchase my PSOne games that I already own? If I can play the games I already bought then I would consider buying the phone.
I'm in the market for a new phone and I'm deciding between this and the iPhone on verizon. I want to wait and see what kind of software this gets before making my final decision. My current phone, the LG Versa, has a similar gamepad controller to this but there aren't many games that make full use of it.
Anything would be an improvement over my Blackberry Storm so yeah I'm interested. I've had my eye on that iPhone since Verizon got a hold of them so I need a little more convincing.
So this is an iPhone, plus physical controls? So if I had to choose between keeping my iPhone and buying the NGP, or buying the XPeria, the choice would be the NGP, right? Glad this doesn't concern me, I was ready to say goodbye to my iPhone until I learned that the games the Xperia would play were just PSone titles (already playable in my PSP Go) and Gameloft rip-offs of other games.
@Gaidenrider: BTW, the "Gameloft rip-offs" wasn't a negative comment. It's just the way I call them. I love N.O.V.A.
great so the xperia x10 i bought 4 months ago is now obsolete and i dont have an upgrade for another year and a half. fuck.
If they put up Tail Concerto ( the japanese dubbed version of course) on the Store, I'll be glad to sign up even more. I also hope they actually support it, not like the Go.
Work is dickish about bringing a PSP or DS in, so I would like a phone that plays games. Since I don't have any kind of smartphone, I could be in the market for this. However, I imagine there's some data package that I'd have to buy and wouldn't use if I could just use Wifi or a USB cable to invite my PSOne games over to play.
I mean, unless Sony found a way to make PSOne games more or the data plan is much more forgiving than the ones in place for Blackberries and iPhones.
FFVIII alone is 1.8GB, kinda big for most data plans.
I mean, unless Sony found a way to make PSOne games more or the data plan is much more forgiving than the ones in place for Blackberries and iPhones.
FFVIII alone is 1.8GB, kinda big for most data plans.
- Have you seen the new Sony Ericcson? The Xperia play?
- Yeah, it doesn't look too bad. Some of the games look interesting. Why doesn't Sony release a PlayStation phone already? I'd buy one in an instant!
Call a spade a spade Sony. There's no shame in it.
- Yeah, it doesn't look too bad. Some of the games look interesting. Why doesn't Sony release a PlayStation phone already? I'd buy one in an instant!
Call a spade a spade Sony. There's no shame in it.
@Uber Mashu - I think that's more the case for NGP, Ericcson/Xperia have an existing product line.
Going under the project name NGP for something we know is the PSP2, however, is about as ridiculous as it gets. It fricking has "Playstation" written on it.
Going under the project name NGP for something we know is the PSP2, however, is about as ridiculous as it gets. It fricking has "Playstation" written on it.
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I think The Silent Protagonist is right, since it is technically a phone first they branded it under the Xperia line. It is interesting how much the strength of the Playstation brand is seeping into everything else Sony is doing.
I think The Silent Protagonist is right, since it is technically a phone first they branded it under the Xperia line. It is interesting how much the strength of the Playstation brand is seeping into everything else Sony is doing.
I don't understand.... they're going to have lower powered Playstation Suite devices AND a higher powered PSP2, splitting up their portable marketplace? Devs are going to develop for Suite level devices OR for PSP2 level devices, not BOTH. Or PSP2 will be gimped and the power never taken advantage of. Can someone please explain this to me????
@ElektroDragon: PSP2 will have development support. At the end of the day, there's a lot of demand for a mobile Playstation experience.
I'm guessing this phone will cater to the Android/iPhone class developers, which of course means it is already doomed, unless they put forth great efforts at the middleware level to make porting to this platform from *both* of those relatively fast and easy. I suspect that old-guard corporate arrogance will prevent that, however.
I'm guessing this phone will cater to the Android/iPhone class developers, which of course means it is already doomed, unless they put forth great efforts at the middleware level to make porting to this platform from *both* of those relatively fast and easy. I suspect that old-guard corporate arrogance will prevent that, however.
On the bright side, by the time it comes out for AT&T they'll have hopefully ironed out the kinks. I remember the horror stories that came from some of the first PSP units. Sony has gotten better, but at least I won't be taking any chances!
I think its going to be garbage, as the Adreno 205 is a weak GPU. Same GPU that is in phones like the Incredible and the Nexus One, hardware that will be a year old when it is finally released.
I'll be honest here -- If this comes to T-Mobile US eventually, I'll get it just to be able to play emulators with actual buttons.
I'll be honest here -- If this comes to T-Mobile US eventually, I'll get it just to be able to play emulators with actual buttons.
I'd want to play with one before I buy, but even then I'll likely wait for a future model.
This is a first for the market (at least in the US), and I'd want to see what the adoption rate would be, along with developer support. Further, the processor is the same as what I have in my current Droid Incredible, and most phones coming out over the next 6 months will begin to sport dual core processors. Thus, if anything, I'd want to wait for a future model anyway.
This is a first for the market (at least in the US), and I'd want to see what the adoption rate would be, along with developer support. Further, the processor is the same as what I have in my current Droid Incredible, and most phones coming out over the next 6 months will begin to sport dual core processors. Thus, if anything, I'd want to wait for a future model anyway.
While I'd probably use this more for the dedicated D-Pad for use with NES and SNES emulation, I've gotta admit that I'm excited to see how this phone fares.
I was excited for this until now. It is sounding more and more like any phone on the market, and it sounds like it will depend on the success of the PS Suite...
just bought some popcorn, waiting for another 'fail' article from someone, obviously well informed, who has an 'opinion'...
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